Science Matters

The Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) Conference will be virtual on November 12-14, 2020.

Excellent educational and interactive resources for parents and educators to help engage and excite students about STEM career paths.

PBS educational and interactive Middle and High School STEM resources for parents, educators, and students to help learning at home be engaging, educational and fun.

Educational and interactive STEM resources for Pre-K through Elementary Students.

Over the years many housing policies and planning practices have shaped how neighborhoods and cities in our nation have grown. Sadly, many of these decisions were made using unfairly derived metrics and survey results. Now science is being used to show the relationships between various neighborhoods, their historic policies, and their current quality of life.

This has come with some public criticism including how some folks can’t seem to recognize each other without their noses and mouths being clearly visible.

There’s a lot of history being made these days. Cultural issues, global health concerns, and many world wide infrastructural concerns can be seen all over the news. With all these important events happening science too is making some history

False information about the COVID-19 pandemic can make an uncertain time even more confusing—and dangerous. Find out what you can do to slow this “infodemic.”

The way we digest the news impacts our physical and mental health. In fact, some scientists are saying that our relationship with the news could even impact our dreams. As COVID-19 related news continues to evolve we find ourselves tuned in more and more to news outlets.

There are places all over the globe that are taking on medical and economic issues through a global pandemic and many of them have varying numbers and situations unique to individual regions.